After covering the worst trades in Royals history (Part 2) last week and ranking the GMs and discussing their unusual deals (Part 1) the week before, we now move on to their best trades.

But here’s the thing: The competition for best trades is much deeper than for worst trades.

The Royals, in aggregate, have made far more good trades than bad trades, so much so that we can’t do justice by covering only 10 of them. Instead, we’ll be covering the 20 best trades in Royals history, and today we roll out Nos. 11-20.

One of the defining early moves of current general manager Dayton Moore’s career was when he traded a reliever who touched 100 mph for a starter who barely touched 90 mph … and he and the Royals were handsomely rewarded for it. Burgos was a fire-breathing right-hander who was rushed to the majors by previous GM Allard Baird — he was promoted...